Re: a new combo box

2015-01-08 Thread Phillip Wood
On 27/12/14 13:02, Matthias Clasen wrote: over Christmas, I had some for a little side project, a new combo box. It is based on these mockups: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/theming/widgets/combobox-replacements.png It looks nice! I've had a look at

Re: a new combo box

2015-01-08 Thread Allan Day
Timm Bäder m...@baedert.org wrote: ... Seems like these mockups (and the new combo box) should be kept in sync with general popover menus, especially wrt. the grouping behavior (i.e. separate pages in a GtkStack VS. expanding the new group downwards). I know Allan favored the latter (and

Re: a new combo box

2015-01-08 Thread Allan Day
Alberto Ruiz ar...@gnome.org wrote: My main concern with the design is that users can't make a difference between a normal button and this widget (usually related to an action, perhaps with the exception of iconized menus like the ones we're using in headerbars these days). Is there any

Re: a new combo box

2015-01-08 Thread Allan Day
Jasper St. Pierre jstpie...@mecheye.net wrote: So let me ask a very basic question here, since I feel it's at the heart of the dumb internet argument we're having. What is this design trying to solve? What problems with the old ComboBox are we trying to fix? What use cases is it designed for?